This is it, Michael Shayne by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
16
editions published
between
1950
and
2015
in
English
and held by
191
libraries
worldwide
Arthur Devlin wakes up so hungover that for a moment, he thinks the ship is sinking. As he gets his bearings, he realizes the only storm is inside his own head--and he isn't on a ship at all. The last thing he remembers is being handed another drink at his going-away party. That was twelve days ago. Devlin has awoken in a sleazy hotel room, dressed in a stranger's ratty clothes, with a bump on his forehead and a dead man at his feet. The phone rings: A woman who calls him Joey asks if he went through with the murder. Devlin has no choice but to say yes

Murder is my business by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
33
editions published
between
1945
and
2015
in
4
languages
and held by
180
libraries
worldwide
Legendary private eye Mike Shayne travels to Texas to investigate a hit-and-run killing that's been laid at the feet of one of El Paso's richest businessmen

A taste for violence by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
19
editions published
between
1949
and
2015
in
English and German
and held by
118
libraries
worldwide
In a mining town, Mike Shayne finds that buried secrets can be deadly The miners are striking in Centerville, Kentucky, and the town is about to explode. Three men have been killed in the past week, and Charles Roche fears he will be next. Heir to the Roche mining fortune, he sees death in every shadow, and the only man who can save his life is in Miami. Roche writes to world-famous detective Mike Shayne, offering a 5,000 retainer to come to Centerville and save his life. Shayne cashes the check and hops on a plane, but by the time he gets to Kentucky, his client is already dead. The mines s

When Dorinda dances by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
19
editions published
between
1951
and
2015
in
English
and held by
86
libraries
worldwide
To save a judge's daughter, Mike Shayne must invade the red-light district For twenty years, Judge Nigel Lansdowne has been one of Washington's greatest progressives. The red-baiters in Congress would do anything to destroy his reputation, and they may have found the perfect weapon. Her name is Julia, but when she dances she goes by Dorinda. The judge's daughter came to Miami in search of a new life, and she found it dancing nude in the city's infamous red-light district. Mike Shayne is hired to bring Julia home before the judge's enemies learn of her new career, but his real job will be kee

The blonde cried murder by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
10
editions published
between
1956
and
2015
in
English
and held by
78
libraries
worldwide
Mike Shayne has 2 hours to solve a murder-or else watch his lover die

The corpse that never was, Michael Shayne's 46th case by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
7
editions published
between
1963
and
2016
in
English and Hebrew
and held by
73
libraries
worldwide
Mike Shayne finds strange secrets hidden beneath the cover of a grisly double suicide. It's 10:30 pm, and Mike Shayne is sipping cognac, ruminating on the perfection of Lucy Hamilton's fried chicken, when a shotgun fires upstairs. Following the acrid stench of gunpowder to a locked door halfway down the hall, Shayne has no choice but to batter it down, tumbling face first into the scene of a particularly ugly double suicide. The woman lies on the floor in the middle of the sitting room, her face twisted by the deadly kiss of cyanide. A few feet beyond her body is what remains of a man, his head obliterated by the shotgun's blast. The woman's father is one of Miami's power brokers, and he refuses to believe that his daughter would end her life over a silly affair. Isn't it possible, he asks, that she was murdered? Convinced or not, Shayne is the only man ruthless enough to find out. The Corpse That Never Was is the 46th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order

Stranger in town by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
18
editions published
between
1955
and
2015
in
3
languages
and held by
73
libraries
worldwide
In a strange town, Mike Shayne meets a deadly damsel in distress

What really happened by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
14
editions published
between
1952
and
2015
in
English
and held by
68
libraries
worldwide
A mysterious woman draws Mike Shayne into a twisted murder plot The call comes just as Mike Shayne is pouring a much-needed cognac. A gangster's voice warns, "Stay away from Wanda Weatherby." Simple enough-except that Shayne has never heard of any woman by that name. A few minutes later, he receives another call, from a woman desperately worried about Wanda Weatherby. A third call then comes in from the woman herself: Wanda Weatherby begs Mike Shayne to save her life. He drives to her apartment, hoping that she'll be able to explain just what is going on, but he's too late. Wanda Weatherby is

Marked for murder by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
15
editions published
between
1945
and
2015
in
English
and held by
68
libraries
worldwide
When a crime wave grips Miami, Mike Shayne comes home to fight In the city room of the Courier, a reporter blocks out the clatter of typewriters to tell Miami the truth. In the past week, three murders have been committed in Miami Beach, and Timothy Rourke is the only person who sees the connection. As the mayor and the chief of police deny rumors of a crime wave, Rourke hollers from page one: Organized crime has taken over Miami, and the bloodshed has only just begun. Rourke is beaten to a pulp for exposing the mob's dirty dealings, and then he discovers a hot-eyed blonde in his apartment p

Shoot the works by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
14
editions published
between
1957
and
2015
in
English and Hebrew
and held by
66
libraries
worldwide
Mike Shayne investigates the case of a murdered husband and a high-stakes embezzlement plot

The careless corpse Michael Shayne's 41st case by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
11
editions published
between
1961
and
2016
in
English and Spanish
and held by
65
libraries
worldwide
Mike Shayne takes a dip in the deadly Florida Keys for a dancer named Sloe Burn

Bodies are Where You Find Them by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
15
editions published
between
1941
and
2015
in
English
and held by
61
libraries
worldwide
"A disappearing corpse draws Mike Shayne into political guerilla warfare A year after marrying the toughest PI in Miami, Phyllis Shayne longs for a few weeks alone with her husband. She and Mike are about to board a train to New York when a client shows up at the door. Her face gray and her voice slurred, the mysterious woman passes out before she's able to get through her story. Mike carries the stranger to his spare bedroom and, trying to save his wife from worry, tells Phyllis to go on to the train station without him; he'll meet her in a few days. When he goes back to check on the woman, she is dead, with one of her stockings wrapped tightly around her throat. Something is fishy, but it's about to get far more complicated when the body disappears. The woman arrived just after Mike took a call from Sam Marsh, a close friend who's in a mayoral race that's about to turn bloody. To save his friend's campaign and keep himself out of jail, Mike will have to find the killer--but he'll have to find the body first."

Framed in blood by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
10
editions published
between
1951
and
2015
in
English
and held by
59
libraries
worldwide
When a blackmail scheme goes wrong, Mike Shayne is left to pick up the pieces Bert Jackson could have been a great reporter, if he had the patience for it. Married to a woman with expensive taste, Jackson has spent himself into the kind of debt that he'll never pay off at 62.50 a week. He needs a big score, and he needs it tonight. Working the city hall beat, Jackson has stumbled upon the greatest corruption scandal in Miami history. If he publishes it, he could win a Pulitzer. But it's money that he wants, and he'll risk death to get it. Using the information in his story, Jackson plans t

Target: Mike Shayne by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
9
editions published
between
1904
and
2016
in
English
and held by
59
libraries
worldwide
Out of jail and hungry for revenge, a career criminal comes after Mike Shayne They call him the Actor. An armed robber with a sense of style, Bram Clayton planned every heist with care, slipping so convincingly into the actions and motives of his characters that even experts couldn't tell him apart from the real thing. He played electricians, salesmen, even a bank examiner, but for the last 13 years he's been stuck in a single role: jailbird. When Clayton finally earns freedom, he has no trouble convincing the warden he's going to stay straight, but the Actor is about to pull the greatest heist of his career. There's a beautiful woman waiting for Clayton when he gets out. An old friend with an ulterior motive, she comes equipped with a bottle of whiskey, a carton of cigarettes, clean clothes, a gun, and a plan for a $200,000 heist so simple that it's almost a sure thing-so long as it isn't upset by Clayton's hunger for revenge against the man who put him away: legendary detective Mike Shayne. Target: Mike Shayne is the 34th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order

Kiss kiss bang bang by Shane Black(
visu
)
6
editions published
between
2006
and
2013
in
English
and held by
57
libraries
worldwide
While fleeing from the cops, small time hood Harry Lockhart stumbles into an acting audition. He does so well he goes to Hollywood. While there, Harry pursues a girl he loved in high school and ends up geting caught up in twisted murder mystery. His only chance of getting out alive is a private detective named Gay Perry, who also works as a consultant for movies

Weep for a blonde by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
13
editions published
between
1956
and
2015
in
English and Spanish
and held by
55
libraries
worldwide
A blonde with a rotten husband sends Mike Shayne into the past Mike Shayne isn{u2019}t scared of anyone, but that doesn{u2019}t mean he feels comfortable in a tuxedo. He squeezes into the monkey suit for the sake of Lucy Hamilton, his beloved secretary, and grins and bears his way through a meal at the ultra-posh Martinique. The detective is just settling into the evening when he sees a woman who stops his blood cold: Lydia Kane, a friend of his late wife. She{u2019}s polite, but her eyes show mortal terror. The reunion is soon broken up by Lydia{u2019}s husband, a squat thug who explodes at Shayne for talking to his wife. The men exchange harsh words, then swift punches, which causes Shayne and Lucy to be kicked out of Martinique. When Lydia is murdered soon after, Shayne suspects her husband is the killer. But how can the detective prove it when the police are hot on his own trail?

Death has three lives by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
16
editions published
between
1955
and
2015
in
English
and held by
55
libraries
worldwide
Mike Shayne leaps into danger after a fugitive collapses on his secretary's floor

She woke to darkness by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
14
editions published
between
1954
and
2015
in
English and Japanese
and held by
49
libraries
worldwide
Mystery author Brett Halliday has made a living chronicling the adventures of the hard-nosed private detective Mike Shayne. After an awards dinner, he is about to head home when he meets Elsie Murray, a beautiful author who appreciates a good whodunit--and who has enough of her own troubles to fill a thousand paperbacks. When Elsie is found murdered in her hotel room, the police suspect the last man she was seen with. Halliday is in a jam, and he knows better than anyone else that the only man who can save him is Mike Shayne

One night with Nora by Brett Halliday(
Book
)
15
editions published
between
1953
and
2015
in
English
and held by
45
libraries
worldwide
A naked intruder leads Mike Shayne to one of the strangest cases of his career Mike Shayne is never surprised to wake up with a woman in his bedroom{u2014}unless she{u2019}s a stranger. The private investigator is dozing when he hears someone creep through the door, undress, and slip into bed. When he turns on the light, the lady is just as shocked as he is. Her name is Nora, and she was told she{u2019}d find her husband here. Fortunately, she{u2019}s much better off having found Shayne. Nora{u2019}s spouse came to Miami to establish residency, which is the first step toward getting a divorce. By slipping into Shayne{u2019}s bedroom, she would{u2019}ve spoiled his scheme, but someone gave her the wrong information. Her husband is staying on the floor above. When Nora finally reaches the right room, she finds that the man she{u2019}s been looking for has been murdered, and her only alibi is a detective who{u2019}s starting to wish the naked dame had never found her way into his room